1. Identity in Art

2. A few definitions of Identity Self-image or self-concept. Who people take themselves to be. The way a person or a group perceives themselves in relation to the world, including other people and groups Who a person is, or the qualities of a person or group which make them different from others.

3. How do the following Artworks show Identity?

4. Who is he?

5. What about her?

6. There are many kinds of Identity – Emotional, Physical, Cultural, Social, etc. You have to find the way to show that Identity through your art.

8. How much do you hide? Do you reveal?

12. William RanneyWilliam Ranney (1813–1857) Veterans of 1776 Returning from the War, 1848

15. Is there something that can represent you and not be your picture?

16. The founders of DNA 11 realized that the regalia of identity. Their service, DNA 11, creates personalized art pieces based on DNA or finger prints.DNA 11 This ushers in a new form of democratizing art: Instead of the artist and his uniqueness, the art piece solely showcases the uniqueness of the owner. It is an ironic twist that the idea of uniqueness is being mass produced

17. A couple of Photographers outlook on capturing Identity

18. Edward Steichen Born March 27, 1879 in Luxembourg. An American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator Said to embody the development of utilitarian photography in the 20th century Died March 25, 1973

19. Self-Portrait, Milwaukee 1898

20. GLORIA SWANSON, NEW YORK 1924

21. GRETA GARBO, 1928

22. MARLENE DIETRICH, 1934.

23. Henri Matisse and "The Serpentine" c. 1909

24. ANNA MAY WONG, 1903.

25. FRED ASTAIRE DANS LE FILM, TOP HAT. NEW YORK, 1927.

26. Dorothea Lang 1895–1965 Was a talented American photographer As a child, she was disabled by polio and this added to her life long compassion and sympathy for the disadvantaged and disenfranchised in life. Artistically, Dorothea Lange’s work profoundly influenced American photojournalism with its directness and simplicity Her best known photos were taken during the Great Depression

35. Cindy Sherman In Sherman's distinctive self-portraits she is dressed up and made up to portray hundreds of different women and occasionally men, but never herself. She says her art deals with female stereotypes, and they are portraits not of how she sees herself but how she sees men seeing women.